This "art" was first noted in October of 2007. It is unclear whether or not the dog was allowed to suffer. Go to for more information. In any event, the petition is probably not going to change anything at this point. Hopefully, questions from the World Society for the Protection of Animals will have made other museum directors more cognizant of international opinion, and this sort of "art" will be prohibited in future. (If indeed there was actual animal cruelty occurring--see Snopes article for known details.)

Omg that is just plain CRUEL. Poor dog... that is wrong and cruel. who would do such a thing. that is as bad as dog fights. they starve and beat dogs till aggression that is sooooo disgusting people like that should be put into jail. they wouldn't think that if they were the poor dog. I love dogs and I belive dogs should be treated like equals to humans,